Art by Medium: Encaustic

'Somewhere In Between' by Susan Thornbury is a striking abstract work rendered in mixed media on panel. Measuring 36 x 36 in, this piece showcases the artist's distinctive style and command of composition. A perfect addition for collectors seeking contemporary strikings with presence and personality. Susan Thornbury creates richly layered mixed media paintings that feel both modern and timeless. Working on wood panels with plaster and wax, she builds surfaces that are as much about what’s revealed as what’s concealed. Her compositions often begin with structure—repeating motifs inspired by antique textiles, vintage wallpaper, or family heirlooms—then soften and evolve through an intuitive, hands-on process of scraping, sanding, and waxing. The result is work that feels quiet but deeply tactile, inviting viewers to linger and discover the nuance within every petal, line, and edge. A background in graphic design shapes Susan’s sensibility: there’s a balance between pattern and spontaneity, symmetry and imperfection. Whether working in soft sage greens, misty grays, or whispery whites, she leans into the beauty of restraint, letting texture and subtle shifts in color carry the emotion. Susan lives and works in Atlanta, where she shares a home with her husband, two daughters, and their spunky rat terrier...

Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...

The texture of this artwork by Frederik Ottesen is mesmerizing. Seen from a distance, it invites the viewer to come closer and they are rewarded with the gorgeous encaustic surface O...

The texture of this artwork is both subtle and engaging. Standing far away this painting invites the viewer to step forward and see up close the eye-catching texture Ottesen created....

encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...

This encaustic collage is mounted on a birch wood panel with 3/4 deep natural wood sides. The thick transparent slightly frosty encaustic beeswax coating on the front gives it a cool...

This encaustic collage is mounted on a birch wood panel with 3/4 deep natural wood sides. The thick transparent slightly frosty encaustic beeswax coating on the front gives it a cool...

Encaustic and Digital Print on Plywood American artist, Richard Purdy, born in Chicago, IL, 1956 Received his B.F.A. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA Exhibitions 2013...

Encaustic and Digital Print on Plywood American artist, Richard Purdy, born in Chicago, IL, 1956 Received his B.F.A. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA Exhibitions 2013...

Encaustic and Digital Print on Plywood American artist, Richard Purdy, born in Chicago, IL, 1956. Received his B.F.A. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA Exhibitions 2...

Marti Somers Rice Bowl (an Asian inspired image with chopsticks and a bowl of rice) with fish. hand written poem verso. 24 X 24 inches A California artist, Somers received her BFA a...

Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...

this image comes out of an interest in planetary elements, surreal ideas of abandonment, what is left behind when we are gone Beneath the starlit sky lies a scene rich in mystery. V...

Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...

Signed and numbered from an edition of 10. Elise Wagner painter, printmaker, and teacher, is a recent recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant. Originally from Jersey City,...

Original - Mixed Media & Encaustic on Board

Drain – Encaustic and Oil Abstract by Arminée Chahbazian (2015) Oil & encaustic on framed wood panel, 12 × 12 in, 2015 “Drain” continues Chahbazian’s exploration of matter, memo...

Born in 1934, the work of Suzanne Bloomfield represents the life force which binds us all -- a universal symbol for the soul's transformation. Bloomfield believes that painting is t...

Original Encaustic Oil on Panel Hand Signed by Greg Angus

Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Vitality" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another. Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control. The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project. While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...

Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Confidence" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another. Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control. The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project. While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...

Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Wonder" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another. Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control. The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project. While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...

Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Passion" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another. Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control. The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project. While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...

Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Deliberation" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another. Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control. The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project. While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...

DOGWOOD (WHITE), NO. 10, by artist Jeri Eisenberg is green, and soft white, and tint of grey contemporary quad made of Archival pigment ink on Japanese Kozo with encaustic medium, that measures 36 x 45.5 and is priced at $4,200. DOGWOOD (WHITE), NO. 10 Edition: 1/12, 2012 *Price differs with top bars only $4000* Jeri Eisenberg works primarily with non-traditional and alternative photo-based techniques. She represses or subverts traditional photography’s emphasis on the representational qualities of the medium, and emphasizes instead the medium’s expressive nature. She employs a strong sense of materiality and seductive surfaces in her work, to evoke sense memories and visceral connections. Her work steadfastly serves as an affirmation of beauty in the everyday natural world, but is tinged with the bittersweet - a reminder of the temporal condition, and an elegy for life. EDUCATION MFA, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA JD, Boston University, Boston, MA BA, Kirkland College, Clinton, NY SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN 2013 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012 Wallspace Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Putnam Gallery, The Dublin School, Dublin, NH 2011 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA 2009 Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA 2008 Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY 2007 Gallery Saintonge, Missoula, Montana MT Exposed Gallery of Art Photography, Delmar, NY 2006 Julie Kinzelman Art, Houston, TX 2005 Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2004 Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls, NY Siena College, Loudonville, NY 2003 Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Adirondack Lakes Art Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 2001 Perella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID 2000 University of La Vern, La Vern, CA 1999 Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1998 LRC Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY 1996 Shelnutt Gallery, RPI, Troy, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiple Focus: Contemporary Photography from the Collection, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY Summer Portfolio, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Few of My Favorite Things, Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA Rejuvenation, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburn, VT Have a Nice Day, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID Soft Focus, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2013 Wax is Hot, Amy Simon Gallery, Westport, CT 2012 Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA Snail Mail, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN Encaustic Works 2012 Invitational, R&F Gallery, Kingston NY Photograph: New Work, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Deck the Walls, Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, TX 2011 Fotografias – Colecao Joaquim Paiva, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Women...

Brown, Orange, Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow, Red Mary was born in Ohio and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee since the mid-1990s. Following studies in graphic design and painting, she be...

abstract 40/40 40 x 40 x 3 inches. 22 lbs Encaustic Paint Hand signed. by the artist Artist's Commentary: "My work is very much inspired by Moroccan textile design... how geomet...

How Old Am I? – Encaustic and Oil Panel by Arminée Chahbazian (2015) Oil & encaustic on framed wood panel, 12 × 12 in, 2015 In How Old Am I?, Arminée Chahbazian fuses oil and en...

Les Thomas has long recognized painting as a language in its own right, and its diversity in terms of poetic and conceptual messages, exhibited by each individual picture. Les Thoma...

Suzanne Truman was born In Phoenix, Arizona; raised on farms and ranches in Arizona and California until her Family moved to Kentucky when she was 15. She returned west after attendi...

Jeri Eisenberg creates nature inspired works in single panels, diptychs and triptychs. Her soft colored photographic pieces are created using non-traditional and alternative photo-ba...

abstract 29/29, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Abstract Encaustic Painting 29" x 29" x 3" Beeswax, Resin, Pigment, and Oil on Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist in verso. A contemporary minimalist encaustic work by artist Michele Renée Ledoux...

Suzanne Truman was born In Phoenix, Arizona; raised on farms and ranches in Arizona and California until her Family moved to Kentucky when she was 15. She returned west after attendi...

Suzanne Truman was born In Phoenix, Arizona; raised on farms and ranches in Arizona and California until her Family moved to Kentucky when she was 15. She returned west after attendi...

"The Eye of Chuck Close" by Ceravolo is acrylic oil stick and encaustic paint on two layers. The top lay is set about 1/2 inch in front of the bottom layer....

Experimenting with burlap and plaster on wood with beads, the Medial Woman arose as a catalyst to invite the liminal space. The genre is folk art, putting communication between world...

With a folk-art flavor, burlap and plaster on wood with beads, Medial Woman in a Moment is captured in contemplation, held together with encaustic wax like a backyard icon. Medial Wo...

I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched views of our landscape - the best parts of why we all come to New Mexico: the light, the color...

Artist commentary: This piece is a collage of a 3D fractal with a watercolor of a hummingbird moth. It is painted over and detailed with encaustic (wax) paints. The title refers to ...

Artist commentary: The underwater world became a major inspiration to me when I learned how to dive. The plants and animals of the sea are surreal and beautiful-like nothing we see ...

Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in the highly temperamental medium of encaustic, which is a wax-based paint equivalent. Scherman's moody palette and sumptuous portraits (whether contemporary, historical or allegorical) reference a range of masters, including Goya and Manet, yet his works are visceral and contemporary. Scherman's allusions to both history, and the history of visual art, are constants in his oeuvre. This work, which depicts Oedipus' mother/lover Jocasta in carnal ecstasy, comes from one of the artist's most recognizable series, The Seduction of Oedipus. "Oedipus Rex" is an ancient text...

Dale O Roberts' encaustic cityscape painting "Observation Deck" (2022) depicts a view from a high rise in downtown Philadelphia. Born 1959 in Waterville NY, Dale O Roberts attended ...

Original Encaustic Oil on Panel Hand Signed by Greg Angus

Mixed Media Encausticand Pastel Powder Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current ...

Artist: Thomas Mahady Title: Op-Op-Pop Year: 1987 Medium: Oil, Acrylic, Encaustic, Gesso and Sand on masonite, signed verso Size: 13.75 x 17.5 in. (34.93 x 44.45 cm) Frame: 25 x 21...

Original Encaustic Oil on Panel Hand Signed by Greg Angus

Original Encaustic Oil on Panel Hand Signed by Greg Angus

Series: Triple Moon Oil and encaustic Size: 12" x 36" x 2" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with paper, encaustics, photography, ...

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new masters help to create unique modern images. As with all encaustic...

Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame Andrea's Spring Grafitti is dominated by romantic shades of blue and pink, creating a vibrant first impression. The layered rose-red haloed circ...

Series: Wax Weave 1/1 Beeswax, reclaimed paper, and silk on wood panel Size: 36" x 40"

Series: Wax Weave With the use of reclaimed paper and beeswax, Andrea’s organic texture with ripples and bumps evokes the underbelly of a beehive. The uniformity of the cream-colore...

Series: Beehives Beeswax and fabric over beehive and honeycomb panels Size: 36” x 26” x 1.5” This Painting will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame 1/1 The contrasting deep blues and bright reds underlying a lattice of wax are reflective of the topography of a natural landscape. The fluid mo...

Series: Wax Weave In Andrea’s Wax Weave, the pure whites and creams, coupled with the darker undertones of the interconnected paper has a calming effect for contemplation. The downw...

This minimalist dark pink 3D wall piece is by Barry Katz. He creates pieces that allude to the artist looking into a mirror. And in particular, one which reflects inner states. Not a...

Artist Statement: Painting is a meditation and a kind of alchemy in which I concentrate and transform my feelings and memories into something material that can be experienced in var...

Original - Mixed Media & Encaustic on Board

"Typee". Original, oil and encaustic on canvas artwork.   On the reverse: Signed, Andrews Kelly and dated 1985. In the former collection of prestigious, New York City gallery, Salan...

Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Light Pattern Dance" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a busy city sidewalk where passerby walk along the city avenue lined with towering buildings of a bustling neon metropolis. Artist Statement: "Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I observe life. My urban influences are an assembly of varied fabrics stitched together to form a tapestry. It is not to resemble a literal story of what it is; moreover, it is a quilt that explains my visual expression. What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountains, hills, and streams. City nights are lit up like lightning bugs...